A SURPRISE HOMECOMING...THEY KNOCKED OUT OF THE PARK! ACTION 7 NEWS WAS THERE, AS AN ARMY OFFICER WHO JUST RETURNED FROM AFGHANISTAN... SURPRISED HIS MOM AT ISOTOPES PARK! REPORTER LAURA THOREN, JOINS US LIVE FROM THE STADIUM DOUG... IT WAS A HOMERUN HOMECOMING. AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ONE TO CRY OVER A STORY...BUT I THINK THIS ONE WILL BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES. NAT POP OF CHEERING IT WAS ALREADY AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT: A NEW MEXICO MOM STOOD WITH HER FAMILY DURING THE 5TH INNING OF THE ISOTOPES GAME... TO HONOR HER TWO SONS IN THE U-S ARMY. BUT THEN... SCREAMS THE WATERWORKS REALLY STARTED. WHEN 1ST LT PORTER RILEY... WHOSE MOM THOUGHT WAS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN...SHOWED UP ON THE FIELD. MORE NATS AND CRYING I'm just thankful that he's home and it's so good to see him. Were you surprised? I was very surprised RILEY'S SISTER LAURA PLANNED THE SURPRISE ... AFTER HER BROTHER'S RETURN DATE WAS MOVED UP. THERE WERE SOME CLOSE CALLS.... there was a facebook close call and a slip up by me BUT MARLA LOVATO SAYS SHE HAD NO IDEA HER SON WAS STATESIDE... UNTIL THIS VERY MOMENT. WHAT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL? TODAY IS RILEY'S 26TH BIRTHDAY ... AND AFTER 9 MONTHS ABROAD... is this the best bday gift ever to see your mom and family? Definitely, definitely. PORTER'S BROTHER, FIRST LUITENANT PATRICK RILEY IS IN FORT LEE, VIRGINIA. HE'S HAS SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL WHEN IT COMES TO HOMECOMINGS BACK IN ALBUQUERQUE! DOUG BACK TO YOU. RILEY IS A FIRE SUPPORT OFFICER IN THE 136TH INFANTRY. HE IS A NATIVE OF MOUNTAINAIR AD LIB TOSS